Cannot connect to ethernet with wired connection

[praseodym]

You need to change the device priority in you BIOS to CD as first boot device. Please note, that the point release of 12.04.2 ships kernel 3.5 per default

[SUPERFITTER]

I made a mistake and didn't turn off computer with disk inside, I just rebooted and didn't get the disk to boot. All is well now. I just need further instructions to proceed with fixing the 12.10 64 bit installation of the ethernet.

[chili555]

Live CD for 12.10 will not boot, computer boots from hard drive when CD is in drive?

You will probably need to set the BIOS so that the first boot device is the CD instead of the harddrive.

[SUPERFITTER]

You will probably need to set the BIOS so that the first boot device is the CD instead of the harddrive.

I did that. I just need some code to run.

Thank You

[Hamburgian]

I'm having a similar problem here. I've just installed 12.04 (64 bit) on an ASUS X55A laptop - that's a few hours ago, so I only have the Base 12.04, with no updates and no ability to update. I can't connect to my LAN, but can see lots of wifi connections. None of them mine - I don't have wifi. I don't have any option in my BIOs to enable or disbale LAN. So, I can't access internet at all via the laptop, only from my pc and then try to build using a USB stick.

sudo lshw -C network

*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
vendor: Ralink corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: a4:17:31:0f:86:9f
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=3.5.0-23-generic firmware=0.34 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:f7d00000-f7d0ffff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7c00000-f7c3ffff ioport:e000(size=128)

cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

cat /etc/resolv.conf
route -n
lsmod
ifconfig -a

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:74176 (74.1 KB) TX bytes:74176 (74.1 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a4:17:31:0f:86:9f
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

sudo modprobe alx

FATAL: Module alx not found.

dmesg | grep alx NOTIHING

modinfo alx

ERROR: modinfo: could not find module alx

lspci -nn | grep 0200

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10)

So I guess this is a repeat of the atheros driver, although I checked the ubuntu page before I bought it to read that the ASUS X55A is a supported product?

Any ideas, or is there a better/other linux distribution I should go for?

Thanks in advance

[chili555]

I'm having a similar problem here. I've just installed 12.04 (64 bit) on an ASUS X55A laptop - that's a few hours ago, so I only have the Base 12.04, with no updates and no ability to update. I can't connect to my LAN, but can see lots of wifi connections. None of them mine - I don't have wifi. I don't have any option in my BIOs to enable or disbale LAN. So, I can't access internet at all via the laptop, only from my pc and then try to build using a USB stick.

You will have an infinitely easier time if you can get the wireless going. Is the hardware switch on or off?

rfkill list all

I solved a case a few days ago where the person could connect easily after he turned off N speeds in the router. Please try.

[chili555]

I did that. I just need some code to run.

Thank You

If the intent is to install 12.10, upgrade the linux-image to 3.5.0-25 which includes alx, which is what I recommend, then you need to go ahead and install. I assume your mouse is working well in 12.10.

[SUPERFITTER]

I installed linux-image to 3.5.0-25. Mouse is not working in 12.10.

[Hamburgian]

You will have an infinitely easier time if you can get the wireless going. Is the hardware switch on or off?

rfkill list all

I solved a case a few days ago where the person could connect easily after he turned off N speeds in the router. Please try.

Hi Chili555. I have no wireless...it's neighbours...it's Germany, everything's passworded, people don't like to share!
rfkill list all shows

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

I'm not sure what you mean by 'turning off N speeds in the router'. The 'base' is on my wife's mac....but I've had no problems since installing 8.04 on my machine and have upgraded ever since with never a problem to connect to our dsl router

[chili555]

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no

Let's see if we can solve this first. Please do:

sudo rfkill unblock all
rfkill list all

Is the soft block fixed? Does the wireless work now?

I don't quite understand the wireless at the neighbors or the 'base' is on your wife's Mac. Do you have any wireless capability at all, no matter where?